Branches

Maybe it’s because I grew up in Phoenix, where trees either don’t lose their leaves or lose them very late (like in the middle of our “winter”),  but I think there’s something kind of lovely about bare winter branches.

Branches

When we were at Boyce Thompson Arboretum in mid-January, I kept taking photos of plant shapes silhouetted against the afternoon sky.

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Eucalyptus leaves in silhouette

Pomegranate tree branches

How are the trees looking in your part of the world right now?

Tree at BTA

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